#CC8937#CC8937

#CC8937 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.310; OKLCH L 68.4% C 0.126 H 67.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CC8937
RGB	rgb(204, 137, 55)
HSL	hsl(33, 59%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(33, 73%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 32.8%, 73%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.51, 18.38, 52.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.51, 55.51, 70.66°)
OKLab	oklab(68.36% 0.0473 0.1166)
OKLCH	oklch(68.36% 0.126 67.9)
XYZ	xyz(34.5397, 31.0076, 7.7797)
Luminance	0.3100 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CC8937 #377ACC

analogous

#CC3E37 #CC8937 #C5CC37

triadic

#CC8937 #37CC89 #8937CC

tetradic

#CC8937 #37CC3E #377ACC #CC37C5

square

#CC8937 #37CC3E #377ACC #CC37C5

split-complementary

#CC8937 #37C5CC #3E37CC

monochromatic

#6D481C #9E6928 #CC8937 #D8A668 #E5C399

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.92

#CC8937 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.20

#CC8937 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CC8937

7.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CC8937	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CC8937	1.00	2.92	7.20	7.20
#FFFFFF	2.92	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.20	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.20	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9F8E2D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AF9D39

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DE7978

Achromatopsia (no color)

#979797

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cc8937;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(204, 137, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.4% 0.126 67.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e1ab72',
    500: '#cc8937',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cc8937;
$custom-light: #e1ab72;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cc8937",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 204,
    "g": 137,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 33.02,
    "s": 59.363,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6836,
    "c": 0.12582,
    "h": 67.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.31005
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CC8937

secondary

#8EACD0

accent

#8CE345

background

#FEFAF7

surface

#FDF4ED

border

#D5CEC8

text

#161008

muted

#847F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CC8937

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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